#E3BC3A#E3BC3A
#E3BC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.147 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3BC3A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 188, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 75%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 74%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74.4%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.64, 1.15, 66.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.64, 66.92, 89.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.78% -0.0037 0.1471) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.78% 0.147 91.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.4284, 52.6059, 11.5000) |
| Luminance | 0.5260 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.13
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.00
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 3.88
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.58
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.68
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.87
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3BC3A #3A61E3
analogous
#E3673A #E3BC3A #B5E33A
triadic
#E3BC3A #3AE3BC #BC3AE3
tetradic
#E3BC3A #3AE367 #3A61E3 #E33AB5
square
#E3BC3A #3AE367 #3A61E3 #E33AB5
split-complementary
#E3BC3A #3AB5E3 #673AE3
monochromatic
#8E7214 #C49D1C #E3BC3A #EBCE70 #F2E0A5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E3BC3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.52
#E3BC3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3BC3A
11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3BC3A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3BC3A | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.52 | 11.52 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1B924
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC541
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6ACA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3bc3a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 188, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.147 91.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0cf79',
500: '#e3bc3a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3bc3a; $custom-light: #f0cf79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3bc3a",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 188,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.154,
"s": 75.111,
"l": 55.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80776,
"c": 0.14716,
"h": 91.5
},
"luminance": 0.52603
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3BC3A
secondary
#2E4593
accent
#61F236
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D